# CVE-2026-14873: Bulk Password Reset <= 1.3.3 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary Password Reset

> Authenticated subscribers can reset arbitrary user passwords, including administrators, leading to full site account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 8.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 10 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 10 Sep 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c66v-c2xg-68hr

## What is CVE-2026-14873?

CVE-2026-14873 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rubenw Bulk Password Reset, published on 10 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

The Bulk Password Reset plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation via account takeover in all versions up to, and including, 1.3.3. This is due to the plugin not properly validating a user's identity prior to updating their details like arbitrary user passwords, including administrator passwords, to a known plugin-configured custom value, enabling full account takeover of the site. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to change arbitrary user's email addresses, including administrators, and leverage that to reset the user's password and gain access to their account.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-14873?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-14873?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-14873 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-14873 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14873 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-14873 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-14873 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in rubenw Bulk Password Reset, published on 10 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-14873 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: rubenw Bulk Password Reset. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14873/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14873/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-14873
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-14873
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-14873

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-14873/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.